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EdgeCode: Mechanical Animal Memory

2006 5 min
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This experimental short explores the dual use of film as both mnemonic device and documentary archive. To achieve this, filmmaker Amanda Dawn Christie uses images from home movies that have been damaged, leaving edge code, sprockets, and optical tracks exposed.

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This experimental short explores the dual use of film as both mnemonic device and documentary archive. To achieve this, filmmaker Amanda Dawn Christie uses images from home movies that have been damaged, leaving edge code, sprockets, and optical tracks exposed.

Film and Video Arts Technology All subjects
  • director
    Amanda Dawn Christie
  • producer
    Svend-Erik Eriksen

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